Question

How do I form an if/else statement for a PHP function failing? I want it to define $results one way if it works and another if it doesn’t. I don’t want to simply show an error or kill the error message if it fails.

Currently, I have:

if(file_get_contents("http://www.address.com")){
    $results = "it worked";}
else {
    $results = "it didnt";}
return $results

Answer 1

if(@file_get_contents("http://www.address.com");){
    $results = "it worked";}
else {
    $results = "it didnt";}
return $results

By prepending an @ to a function, you can surpress its error message.